Eos Macro Problem

This sounds like an issue that I was having. What I have been informed is that macros that are executed form a cue run in the background, ie they do not take over your command line. This works well until you are trying to get a macro to automate something that requires the use of the command line. I have been working on ways to change my screen views with macros since the ION does not have snapshots.

I think that they are working on a way to solve this conundrum, but it is down the list a bit.

Possibly if you inclued the macro steps in a post people could find a work around for you. 

-Ben

I have not been able to execute certain macros from cues also. Why would use of the command line be an issue? Isn't this a little limiting? If I wanted to execute a command line macro from the cue list I should be able to, yes?

Tim Wilson

usesafesets:

I have been working on ways to change my screen views with macros since the ION does not have snapshots.

I think that they are working on a way to solve this conundrum, but it is down the list a bit.

I posted a question similar to that a little while ago though mine was for changing fader pages and here was Anne's response:

Just as an explanation, we write special code to capture macros for activities that don't result in a command line.  Since its less work to change the fader pages (in terms of keystrokes) than it is to recall a macro (unless, of course, you are using macro direct selects), we haven't focused on that one yet.   But, will put it on the "to do" list. 

Firstly thank you all for the speedy responses. Here is the gist of the macro and  understand the response regarding use of the command line

macro_wait 4

CLEAR_CMDLNE Preview cue (enter)

cue 0.3 thru 101 (enter)

349@ (enter)

350@ (enter)

CLR_CMDLNE Live (enter)

This macro should run fine when executed from a cue, you just won't see it on your command line.

If you can see that it is removing channels 349 and 350 from those cues when you run the macro manually, but not when you run it from a cue, send your showfile to eos at etcconnect.com and I'll take a look.

 When a macro is fired from a cue it runs in a different space so that it doesn't interrupt what you are doing on the command line, but it should still perform the action. The exception to this, which we hadn't anticipated, is that if you are useing the macro to change your displays, or select channels, it needs to be running in your user space.

My mistake, the [Live] key was not fixing this macro.

The problem is that if a macro goes into blind without specifying a cue list, and multiple cue lists are used, the macro will assume the first cue list when it is played back from a cue. To fix this, specify the cue list when recording the macro.

Hi Malcolm-

I think it probably makes sense to put those channels into an Exclusive submaster, as that will be withheld from any Record operations. I believe it will also be ignored by [Select Active] in the future as well!

-luke-